Grey Daze Release Chester Bennington Documentary
The world fell in love with Chester Bennington in Linkin Park - but Grey Daze was the first project to showcase his vocals. They returned after Chester's passing, releasing music featuring Chester, recorded long ago. They are releasing the second album of this material through Loma Vista Recordings on June 17, but along with it is coming a 4-part Documentary series titled 'The Creation of The Phoenix' - and you can watch Episode 1 now.
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Following the recent announcement of their forthcoming album The Phoenix, Grey Daze, the band who introduced the world to Chester Bennington, today reveals plans for a new documentary series Grey Daze: Creation of The Phoenix. The 4-part series tells the story of the band through the experience of creating the album and Episode 1 is out now on Grey Daze’s Youtube.
If you, like me, grew up on Chester's vocals in Linkin Park, this is such a great insight into what came before with Grey Daze and Chester's friendships with the band members, and it turns out, during, the Linkin Park years and also, shortly before his passing. The world of music and the world at large lost an amazing talent and human when he passed and this honoring is like a warm blanket to watch.
Earlier this month Grey Daze announced they would be releasing their second album The Phoenix on June 17 via Loma Vista Recordings. The follow up to 2020’s Amends, this fiery, newly-recorded, 10-song collection fulfils the surviving band members’ pledge to Bennington. The news came accompanied by lead single ‘Saturation (Strange Love)’ - watch the video here.
Over the course of Grey Daze’s first incarnation, which ran 1993 to 1998, the group recorded and released two albums. It is those albums that serve as a foundation for both Amends and The Phoenix. Prior to Bennington’s passing he publicly announced the Grey Daze’s return, which included re-recording the band’s largely undiscovered discography. With Talinda Bennington’s blessing, and working with Producer Esjay Jones, the surviving band members: Dowdell, bass player Mace Beyers, and guitar player Cristin Davis, moved forward, as both a way to pay tribute to their fallen brother and bandmate, but also to expose his fans to another dimension of the dynamic singer. Amends arrived in 2020, with Rolling Stone, Revolver, Billboard, and Kerrang! praising the once-in-a-lifetime collection. NME summed it up best as “a great modern rock record fronted by one of the best vocalists in the game.” In late 2020, the trio reconvened with Jones re-recording, and re-working the remaining 10 tracks that would become The Phoenix.
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